Sorry, but internet friends can be short lived. They are good for a time, and I've met some good folks on the 'net. But nothing compares to real life friends. And I say that as someone with absolutely no friends right now, real life or internet friends.

No matter what you think, you can't get a true measure of a person over the internet.

Well I don't know about that, my friends over the internet know me the most. I know it may not be the same for them, but I truly care for then and wish them the best in life. My friends from school are nice but they are not exactly open when it comes to ability to talk about emotions.

I think it may say a lot that majority of my online friends, I've known for years and they've kept me from suicide. Whereas I may have known my school friends for years too, but they never known my true character.

Don't mean to seem obnoxious here, but believe me, you will see. They aren't as close to you as you think.

But I suppose that's not really for me to say. I'm fairly sure I'm right though. I've seen it. And in 10 years time, you might not even remember them, and they might not remember you, and all the effort you put into the friendship dies. Real life friends can be there for you in the long term.

And it's those kind of friends that I wish I had again. Maybe it's my own trust problems, I don't even ******* know man....

It's not obnoxious, I see your point. Though I truly believe in both 'worlds' of my friends.
I'm sure that I'll loose some, heck it I see it happenng with some though some, some of each are family to me.
You enjoy life aswell,
and hey you seem pretty darn nice how could you not gain more friends like that along the way?

Well, that's debatable. Friends can come and go both on the internet and in real life. Both are different, with good and bad things about them. In real life, I can get to know a person easier. I can do things with them like go fishing, play video games, and other things like that. However, over the internet, I can be much more honest with people than with my IRL friends. I have a couple friends that I met on funnyjunk, sebthebrony and Luxray. Both of them probably know some things about me that my friends in real life don't. I can still do things like play video games with them, at least, I could if I had a better computer and I can still talk with them using things like Skype. I think it doesn't really matter whether they are internet friends or IRL friends, just that they're friends.

tl:dr Having friends over the internet is similar to having friends in real life, there's just some differences with pros and cons for both.

Aquarion EVOL It is from a heavily implied rape scene
I recommend watching The first season Aquarion before this though. This scene isn't even a part that makes me angry everytime this show is mentioned.